JetBlue `Seriously' Considers Buying Long-Range Airbus A321

  • Carrier doesn't rule out possible wide-bodies in future
  • Airline sees no improvement in second-quarter unit revenue
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JetBlue Airways Corp., which plans to add seats to its Airbus Group SE planes, may add a longer range, narrow-body aircraft from the jetmaker and won’t rule out buying wide-body versions.

“The A321LR is something we are looking very seriously at,” JetBlue Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes said on a conference call Tuesday. “We think the incremental amount of complexity that provides is very manageable.”